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Mateo

01:41

O_0 multirom just started playing pong with me...

Nathan Osman

02:10

Back now.

rajagenupula

05:42

@NathanOsman u still here ?

Nathan Osman

Yes.

rajagenupula

I heard that there is StackExchange Droid app getting ready .

may I participate in testing of the App ?

I actually made a request also but didnt receive any information.

Nathan Osman

06:16

Sorry, but I can't really help with that.

I don't have any direct involvement with the Android app.

If you've put your name in for testing, there really isn't much else you can do.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:35

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Q: How proc gets updated about the devices

If i do cat /proc/asound/cards it lists all the sound card details from where proc gets this information.This file is continuously updating what if i want to make a manual entry

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

13:02

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Q: Minor sidelines in Guake window on Ubuntu

I had a problem with the display properties of Guake terminal. Though the original problem mentioned here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/287204/guake-terminal-has-space-left-at-the-top has been resolved, there are two minor (1-2 mm wide) lines between the left and right borders of the Guake ter...

ubuntu guake

Alvar

Can we close this one fast? askubuntu.com/q/343323/10698

Braiam

13:23

system just went mad!!!!!!!

Jorge Castro

maybe they weren't adding post-edit auto reopens to the queue before?

Braiam

no I checked the edits, some users where doing minor edits and the reviewers didn't catch it...

Jorge Castro

I like tons of things in the queue, it's better than 0!

Braiam

askubuntu.com/review/reopen/156410

lol check that...

Jorge Castro

yeah well, there's not much you can do

it's like, that software sucks and no one cares about it

jokerdino

13:39

@Braiam the queue just exploded.

Alvar

wtf. 98 reopen votes?

Braiam

@jokerdino can you kill this one askubuntu.com/a/343347/169736 ?

Alvar

woow

Braiam

is crappy3.com spam/selfpromotion? I've seen the same layout in some links.

jokerdino

13:55

spam probably

Seth

14:11

Can we this this done?

Or at least commented on?

fossfreedom

@Seth so what's the hurry?

Braiam

@foss @Seth wants everything status-complete

Seth

Pretty much yeah

fossfreedom

patience is a virtue.

Jorge Castro

I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4

j/k

Oli

14:20

@Seth You know you can suggest and vote on synonyms yourself without moderator interference?

@Braiam ^^^ too

Seth

You need a score of 5 in the tag.

Which, since it's a rather small silly tag, only FOSS and Jorge have.

Braiam

jokerdino

so, sleep --> suspend.

Seth

@jokerdino yes

mojo706

hello people

for some reason dpkg add architecture command is not found on my system by dpkg

:(

Braiam

14:23

WAIT!

Seth

bbl

Braiam

 dpkg --add-architecture i386

mojo706

dpkg --add-architecture

Braiam

?

mojo706

yes that doesnt work

Braiam

14:23

it takes an argument!

mojo706

yes that argument

Braiam

either i386 or amd64!

mojo706

yes

I added the argument

Braiam

what returns dpkg --add-architecture i386?

mojo706

dpkg: error: unknown option --add-architecture

fossfreedom

14:24

are you running 12.04?

mojo706

si

That Brazilian Guy

Why do I get permission denied for

sudo echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:devel/xUbuntu_12.10/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list

Braiam

dpkg --version?

easy my friend...

jokerdino

@ThatBrazilianGuy echo is a shell builtin

Braiam

@ThatBrazilianGuy you need to make sure that everything is englobed

mojo706

14:25

Debian `dpkg' package management program version 1.16.1.2 (amd64).
This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or
later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.

That Brazilian Guy

@jokerdino Bulletin? You mean built-in?

Braiam

 sudo sh -c "echo 'deb download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:devel/… /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list"

jokerdino

@ThatBrazilianGuy oh yeah.

i was looking at tag wiki bulletins and mixed up a little

That Brazilian Guy

@jokerdino =P

@Braiam Works, thanks!

mojo706

@Braiam ?

Braiam

14:28

@mojo706 apt-cache policy dpkg ?

Seth

back

mojo706

@Braiam
dpkg:
  Installed: 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1
  Candidate: 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1 0
        500 ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.16.1.2ubuntu7 0
        500 ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu precise/main amd64 Packages

jokerdino

@Seth that meta question is now processed

sleep is made a synonym of suspend.

Seth

Cool. Thanks.

Braiam

@mojo706 seems like a bug...

mojo706

14:30

@Braiam on my system?

fossfreedom

@mojo706 add architecture does not work for 12.04

@Braiam bug - bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1123034

mojo706

@fossfreedom what to do then?

Braiam

sudo sh -c "echo i386 >> /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg"

mojo706

@Braiam is it dangerous?

is there a caveat? I mean

@Braiam sudo sh -c "echo i386 >> /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg

fossfreedom

flip the question - why are you trying to do this? What does your current dpkg.cfg contain?

mojo706

14:36

@fossfreedom I know not want to see?

fossfreedom

see what?

mojo706

the dpkg.cfg

Seth

@jokerdino wanna close and merge this? askubuntu.com/q/297486/44179

fossfreedom

@mojo706 dont understand. What does the file currently contain?

jokerdino

@Seth closed

mojo706

14:39

@fossfreedom

let me get home I deal with this

fossfreedom

so you already have i386 in the file. You dont need to run the command.

mojo706

it gives an error

when I try to use dpkg

Seth

@jokerdino merge?

mojo706

If I don't respond I am driving please bear with me

Braiam

@mojo706 DRIVE INSTEAD!

I don't want your demise over me....

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Mateo

14:48

@rajagenupula It took awhile to receive the information for me, I think they are releasing in stages so certain devices may be later in the list of testing or something...

Braiam

15:53

32

A: Lots of questions in the reopen queue

We just rolled out a change to how questions are automatically added to the reopen queue. Previously, if the author edited a closed post within 5 days of it being closed, that would trigger it to be added to the queue. This was a great way to get additional views for questions that might've been ...

that explain everything :S

Alaa

16:07

80 reopen votes!?1!1? *grabs a cup of coffee*

Braiam

@Alaa be careful some of them are valid :S

is there a way to check more reopen questions without the queue?

jokerdino

@Braiam no

Braiam

:(

it is askubuntu.com/search?tab=active&q=closed%3ayes :)

Amith KK

16:35

BBT

Good Night

Braiam

17:00

mojo706

17:39

3 hours later

I'm sorry I took a detour and ended with a beer in my hands

Alaa

LOL at the old "not a real question" close reason.

I just realized that, back then, when questions were closed as duplicate, Community would go in and actually add a "Possible duplicate:" line to the beginning of the question. Now it's much better integrated. AskUbuntu has come a long way =).

askubuntu.com/posts/198065/revisions this guy came back 2 months later just to edit an "an" to an "a". LOL.

Eliah Kagan

@Alaa Yes, it is much better now. When the duplicate banners were automatically edited into the top of questions instead of being shown separately and above the questions, people would often edit them out thinking that reopened the question. Instead, it kept the question closed as a duplicate, but kept people from seeing what it was duped to.

mojo706

@Alaa LOL

@Braiam ¬_¬

nutty about natty

17:56

hi there

am short on time for this

Alaa

@EliahKagan yeah, exactly what I was thinking!

nutty about natty

got dated hardware

USB 2.0

two external HDD's

want to encrypt

ex post, so-to-speak (the data's already on it)

data of some 100 and 250 GB respectively

how easily (and safely (and non-destructively !!)) can I encrypt those drives?

also, would it be a very time-consuming operation ??

thanks!

(need to know / decide in the next 2 hrs....)

((don't even have time to google))

Alvar

askubuntu.com/q/343452/10698 I really need help fast..

I use skype for several hours everyday it need to be fixed asap.. -.-

Braiam

18:20

@Alvar if nothing works, you can do rm -rf ~/.pulse and restart the session...

or you might want to "move" them, so it stays reproducible

jrg

yeah, ~/.pulse is fun.

@nuttyaboutnatty try truecrypt.

Alvar

well it worked yesterday and the week before that, but today nothing...

Braiam

@Alvar amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' 100% and test if your mic works

Alvar

amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' 100%
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]

got that back O.o

Braiam

the mic grabs audio now?

Alvar

18:29

but inskype I can only choose pulseaudio as the device

@Braiam well in sound it grabs audio but in skype it puts my sound output as my input

Braiam

pulse is hearing alsa Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_08.0.analog-stereo

grrr...

Alvar

if i see the bar in audio --> input i see it move

Braiam

let me install skype

Alvar

but skype doesn't realize that..

skype sucks btw..

I would have used Windows since it's more stable and better there but windows have decided to not work anymore, it uses 100% of the CPU always. -.-

Braiam

is the facebook thingy integration... they decided to make things more messy and cluttered

liked when Skype was Skype

Alvar

18:33

skype is still just skype on ubuntu

well it works most of the time -.-

oh lets reinstall skype

didnt even think of that

Braiam

@Alvar I'll kill you!

Alvar

?!?!?!

@Braiam whaaat

Braiam

@Alvar elemental my dear Watson, reinstall to fix :P

Alvar

reinstall is op dude

works almost every time ;)

Braiam

btw, delete the .config/Skype or .Skype, if you have any...

Alvar

18:35

ok

doing a purge instead

Braiam

I did purge, my old config remained :P

Alvar

-.-

purged and deleted stuff

installing now..

still sam problem, skype uses my sound output as my input -.-

so my friends hear my music and themselves instead of me..

fail!

Braiam

in skype microphone = Pulseaudio server?

Alvar

yes

everything is pulse and there is no option to change it there..

Braiam

ok, then the trick is alsa

Alvar

18:42

yes but how?

don't leave me now Braiam!

Braiam

@Alvar why your card couldn't be a 5.1 like mine :(

Alvar

beacuse it's a laptop

and an asus 1201n laptop

@Braiam braiam?

Braiam

@Alvar amixer -c 0 sset 'PCM' 100%

Alvar

@Braiam that nuked my sound output to zero...

Braiam

@Alvar all or just skype?

Alvar

18:53

testing skype now

no difference in skype..

Braiam

just put 100% and you get it back

Alvar

this is so annoying..

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to schedule initial configuration of a system after cloning?

I want to setup a big amount of servers using cloning. After the initial image was applied, I want to run a configuration script. The cloning will be done through hard disk replication by the hardware vendor. Steps: Hardware vendor builds new server Hardware ships with hard drives having the i...

ubuntu boot init-script cloning

Alvar

19:09

@Braiam did a sound test and my input microphone works. it's just skype related issue..

guntbert

19:23

whats the matter with the reopen queue? 50 items? and strange ones: askubuntu.com/review/reopen/156451

guntbert

19:36

and the "full revision history" shows the insertion of the "duplicate link" :)

Alvar

@Braiam just found out it's not related to skype, same issue in Team Speak..

Braiam

20:49

@mods can squish all this guy questions together?

user191055

3 3

apt software-center updates 13.04 skype package-management

@Alvar man, what a pain do: amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' toggle && amixer -c 0 set 'Front Mic' 100% && amixer -c 0 set 'Capture' toggle

err... correction amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' toggle && amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' 100% && amixer -c 0 set 'Capture' toggle

Braiam

21:28

@Alvar if that still don't allow your mic to work, I would need pacmd info && pacmd dump-volumes while skype is running

Alvar

21:41

@Braiam still nothing.. pastebin.com/Lh1cFQBL that's pacmd info..

and on pacmd dump-volumes `pacmd dump-volumes
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> Unknown command: dump-volumes` while skype is running ...

Braiam

@Alvar mm... can you restart?

Alvar

@Braiam restart?

Braiam

yeah

Alvar

reboot?

Braiam

yeah...?

Alvar

21:45

ok.. done it a few times already :P

Braiam

then is weird... pulse is hearing the analog-input-microphone instead the internal one (I'm pressuming you are using a headset, or a separated microphone)

and I have done any quark I could think of with alsa...

dschinn1001

21:59

got kicked of my system because of kernel 3.11

cannot post this as question/message to askubuntu.com - but there is something not clean with 3.11 - the .ICEauthority file is suddenly deleted when kernel 3.11 is installed ?!

only window-manager xfce works the rest not ...

Braiam

why not booting into 3.10 or older?

dschinn1001

yes of course did that, but .ICEauthority is not there any more, so booting back works only with xfce

and restore .ICEauthority with extundelete failed ...

Alvar

@Braiam this is so funny man!

I can now hear myself with no delay

dschinn1001

???

Alvar

but skype still wont detect my voice

it's crazy

dschinn1001

22:04

ninja mode ?

Braiam

touch .ICEauthority ?

dschinn1001

as empty file and then it will be updated again ?

Alvar

@Braiam But now I at least know how I sound when I'm on Skype! xD

dschinn1001

( overseen simplest solution, because it was too near ... )

Braiam

@Alvar man, I'm trying to make linux (Debian, Ubuntu, whatever) hear the darn front mic port... it never worked...

since 7 years back...

Alvar

22:06

-.-

well this worked yesterday

and today dead.

feeling a re-install is the only solution to strange problems...

dschinn1001

sure you have no sore throat ? - hehehe.

Braiam

@Alvar test live first!

Alvar

so funny you can't even hear me laughing

dschinn1001

ninja with sore throat ...

Braiam

mm.... what the heck now? 63 upgrades to *+b# versions... no thanks...

and changelog says nothing about this "version"

dschinn1001

22:08

okay. its bedtime now ... falling backwards ... soon. nice nightie.

Alvar

@Braiam yeah... I think it's this kernel since I had no problems before I installed it..

Braiam

@Alvar why didn't you said that earlier! Is always the kernel, but never lupus ¬_¬

Alvar

hah

didn't think of it until now

it's not like you think of the most remote solution until you've tried the easiest and fastest..

well lets reboot with an older kernel!

@Braiam made no difference, still hear myself and skype dont

Braiam

@Alvar actually, that's my way of thinking... I look for complex solutions to simple problems...

Alvar

-.-

Braiam

22:17

and simple solutions for complex/complicated problems

Alvar

so how do i revert so i dont hear myself anymore?

Braiam

amixer -c 0 set 'Mic' toggle && amixer -c 0 set 'Capture' toggle

Braiam

22:30

@Alvar ^ ?

Lucio

Does someone knows how to change the colors to a Terminal so the username is different from the content?

Braiam

22:43

this question is like dupe of 3 others askubuntu.com/q/299976/169736

in Anime and Manga, Sep 6 at 13:37, by iKlsR

Lucio

23:18

@Braiam I don't get it :S

Braiam

@Lucio and I'm not going to explain it :/

Lucio

lol

@Braiam I did get it

nutty about natty

hey

Seth

\o

nutty about natty

quick question

no time left for truecrypt

(the preferred solution)

is there some quick n dirty tool

which is somewhat equivalent to setting a BIOS "boot password" for external USB drives (that is, no encryption) ???

Braiam

23:28

@nuttyaboutnatty do you need file encryption? Also, you may see in IT Security for a good encryption

Seth

Encrypting is not quick and dirty, however which way you look at it... Well, maybe dirty.

Braiam

@nuttyaboutnatty I only know about disks, usb doesn't have such functionality (unless you buy one that has)

Seth

2

Q: How can I request password when Usb hardware is plugged in?

at the moment I use Xubuntu 11.10, my question is: How can I request password when Usb hardware is plugged in? Example: I plug usb mass storage: now xubuntu open a window and show me files and folders of a usb mass storage. I want that when I plug usb mass storage (or any other usb hardware) as...

usb password

Perhaps?

Braiam

> We've answered questions about blasting ATMs, stealing some documents from a storage unit, padlocks, shooting laser into cameras, protecting computers from a nuclear apocalypse, detecting CCTV cameras, and getting teenagers off our lawns. Every month we get paranoid about something new.

from here

nutty about natty

thanks! great pointers so far

@Seth dirty indeed (my first impression)

questions come to mind:

what happens on different OS's (e.g. windoze ?) ??

what does /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/mount-usb.pkla mean exactly?

Braiam

23:33

@nuttyaboutnatty nothing, that solution is local

nutty about natty

@Braiam ok......

bummer

Braiam

man, in IT they are really paranoid...

Seth

well.. that's there job. To be paranoid.

Lucio

Have you turn it off and on again? — Lucio 30 secs ago

I couldn't resist :D

nutty about natty

@Seth or they just extended part of their childhood and made hide-and-seek their livelihood ?

Braiam

23:37

@Lucio I'm gessing he's a drive-by user...

or that he really reboot, then forgot about the question...

Seth

@nuttyaboutnatty Perhaps..

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